In Romania, haystacks stand tall and wide,
Centuries-old, a source of pride,
But modern farming they may not endure,
Their fate uncertain, that's for sure,
Will these giants from the past soon be cast aside?
#GuardianLimerick #Biodiversity #Romania #Farming #Conservation #Environment #Europe #Wildlife
#goodnews #animals #wildlife #Conservation #rewilding #horses #Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan Efforts to Restore Last Wild Equine Species Receive Huge Boost of 150 Horses
Quolls are on the environmental trajectory of the thylacine
"The spotted-tail and northern quoll are at best functionally extinct across the Sunshine Coast hinterland, and at worst they had completely disappeared from the area." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-03/quolls-functionally-extinct-in-large-parts-of-queensland/105122684
Population growth highlights and trends, Queensland regions, 2023 edition.(pdf) >>
https://www.qgso.qld.gov.au/issues/3061/population-growth-highlights-trends-qld-regions-2023-edn.pdf
"Dog attacks in the Sunshine Coast region are up 10 per cent. Pet owners are urged to follow some fundamental steps to reduce incidents and improve safety of people and pets. A total of 382 dog attacks were reported – 166 on people and 216 on another animal." >>
https://www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/news/pet-owners-warned-after-rise-in-dog-attacks
#biodiversity #wildlife #quolls #conservation #sprawl #Queensland #pets #dogs #extinction #Australia
"The logging industry is finding ways to get around the so-called ban."
"A loophole in the law banning Victoria's native timber harvesting means logging projects can still go ahead as the state government passes project approval responsibility to local councils."
"How could it be that a local council would have the expertise, the biological and ecological expertise, to approve logging in an area? When you log and regenerate an area of native forest … that same area of forest becomes much more flammable for a prolonged period of time," Professor Lindenmayer said. "I don't think that we should be adding that extra fire burden for rural and regional people to have to deal with."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-03/timber-harvesting-ban-loophole-victoria/105123078
#LoggingIndustry #LoggingImpacts #bushfire #risks #conservation #biodiversity #wildlife #forests #NSWLogging #BellingenLogging #council
'Mini leopard' of Aussie bush 'functionally' extinct in areas of Qld
By Nikki Sorbello
Despite anecdotal sightings of quolls, months of camera trapping surveys failed to find any evidence of the animals across more than 100,000 hectares of land in Queensland.
Loophole in native timber ban allows scope for private logging
By Tavleen Singh
The Victorian government has tasked councils with approving native timber logging projects for private land, creating a loophole that allows harvesting despite a statewide ban.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-03/timber-harvesting-ban-loophole-victoria/105123078
China’s evolving zoos, from entertainment to education https://www.byteseu.com/887485/ #Conservation #ecosystems #Entertainment #tourism #Wildlife
The Flowering currant is in full swing. The bees love it but are proving camera shy.
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A conservation strategy for the next 20 years has been launched to protect Tanzania’s most biologically rich landscape.
The Udzungwa Mountains are home to rare and endemic plants and animals, including a small population of kipunjis, a genus of monkeys only revealed to the world in 2006.
By Ryan Truscott
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/04/new-strategy-launched-to-protect-tanzanian-biodiversity-hotspot/
instead of voting for or against spineless and creepy party leaders, you could vote for your favourite spineless creepy-crawly here such as #tardigrades
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/02/invertebrate-of-the-year-2025-vote-for-your-favourite #science #ecology #invertebrates #conservation
What It’s REALLY Like on a Dolphin Research Expedition
European hunters endanger Egypt’s birds https://www.byteseu.com/886688/ #Conservation #Egypt #Malta #Wildlife
In Search of the Last Wild Axolotls https://www.wired.com/story/in-search-of-the-last-wild-axolotls-mexico/ #Science/Environment #Conservation #Science
[PODCAST] Celebrated author, thinker and entrepreneur Paul Hawken joins Mongabay’s podcast to discuss his new book, Carbon: The Book of Life, and argues that the jargon and fear-based terms broadly used by the climate movement alienate the broader public and fail to communicate the nuance and complexity of the larger ecological crises that humans are causing.
Brazilian rescue center returns trafficked animals to the wild https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/04/brazilian-rescue-center-returns-trafficked-animals-to-the-wild/ #Brazil #Conservation
If you're into the #environment and #conservation and live in the Central Highlands / #Ballarat then this Field Officer role from the Fenner School at #ANU might be your thing
April 1 is also World Water Frog Day! The remarkable Titicaca water frog has evolved extraordinary baggy skin to survive in oxygen-poor, high-altitude waters.
See these critically endangered amphibians up close and learn how their unusual appearance is actually a brilliant adaptation for survival. #Conservation efforts are crucial as they've faced an 80% population decline.
Learn more: https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/the-titicaca-water-frogs-baggy-skin
Australia's extinction crisis
Vote to stop land clearing and habitat destruction
"Successive federal governments have failed to protect nature. Australia now has more than 2,000 threatened species and “ecological communities” – groups of native species that live together and interact. This threatened list is growing at an alarming rate. "
"The Albanese government came to power in 2022 promising to reform the nation’s nature laws, following a scathing review of the laws. But it has failed to do so."
"Only about 1.5% of the hundreds of thousands of hectares of land cleared in Australia every year is fully assessed under the EPBC Act. This means our threatened species and ecological communities are suffering a “death by a thousand cuts”. "
"Stronger environmental law and enforcement is essential for tackling biodiveristy decline and extinction. This should include what’s known as a “climate trigger”, which means any proposal likely to produce a significant amount of greenhouse gases would have to be assessed under the EPBC Act. "
"Key threats to species, including habitat destruction, invasive species, climate change, and pollution, must be prevented or reduced. Aligning government policies and priorities to ensure environmental goals aren’t undermined by economic and development interests is essential."
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https://theconversation.com/australians-want-nature-protected-these-3-environmental-problems-should-be-top-of-the-next-governments-to-do-list-253336
#Biodiversity #habitat #destruction #pollution #EPBCAct #ClimateBreakdown #conservation #ThreatendSpecies #FossilFuels #governance
